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• UPDATE: A Major fire in Pasadena is now under control, Stentaford Avenue is open to traffic

  Residents may experience temporary water discoloration due to firefighting efforts.

• Deer Lake RCMP investigating fraud at Shears Building Supplies

  Three males attended the building supply store and left in a GMC truck with a utility trailer in tow. 

• Premier and Deputy Premier are off to the U.K. for a trade mission

  Meetings will be held with representatives from various business sectors, including oceans, fisheries, mining, natural resources and finance

• Government announces over $304K for 6 small and medium sized businesses to market products

  Theatre Newfoundland and Labrador is set to receive nearly $66K and Rob Clarke Motorsports,  an adventure tourism company serving the North-Central and Western portion of Newfoundland will get a little more than $86K.

• Two fatal snowmobile crashes in less than a week, RCMP urges snowmobiling in groups

  Tuesday afternoon, a 55-year-old man travelling with a group died after being trapped underneath his snowmobile in a river near Angus Lake.